Australia, Midland RailwayCompany of Western Australia Ltd., certificate for founders shares, 1892, vignette of early locomotive, red, some edge damage, about fine. (1).
Australia, North Sydney Investment and Tramway Co. Ltd., registered New South Wales, 13 x debentures for £100, Sydney 1889, ornate heading, purple on pale yellow, with coupons, UK revenue stamp, 3 damaged, others F-VF. (13).
Australia, North Sydney Investment and Tramway Co. Ltd., registered New South Wales, 5 x debentures for £100, Sydney 1889, ornate heading, purple on pale yellow, with coupons, UK revenue stamp, VF. (5).
China, Birt?s Wharf Hide-Curing and Wool-Cleaning Co., share certificate No.1249, Shanghai 1883, scrollwork at left, black on pale blue, marked cancelled in blue pencil, a few pin holes at top left, AVF. (1). This is a very early date for a certificate is
China, ChineseGovernment 23rd Year (1934) 6% Sterling Indemnity Loan, bond No.3697 for £100, ornate design with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top, green & pale orange, with coupons, AEF. (1)
China, ChineseGovernment 23rd Year (1934) 6% Sterling Indemnity Loan, bond No.3697 for £100, ornate design with vignette of Sun Yat Sen at top, green & pale orange, with coupons, AEF. (1).
China, City Government of Greater ShanghaiLoan of 1934, bond No.803 for one thousand Chinesesilver dollars, ornate design, black & orange, with coupons, central fold, otherwise VF. (1).
China, Leun On Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., share certificate, issued between 1930-40, company incorporated in Hong Kong, ornate heading showing flowers and leaves, text in Chinese with heading in English, black & green on pink, central fold, otherwi
China, Shanghai Land Investment Co. Ltd., share certificate, Shanghai 1940, company incorporated in Hong Kong, ornate design with vignette at left of workman painting a traditional house, blue, folds, AVF
China, The 29th Year (1940) ReconstructionGold Loan of the Republic of China, bond No.1335 for £100, ornate border incorporating, train, hydro-electric dam and building under construction, text in Chinese on face and English on reverse, blue, with coupon
Great Britain, 13 bonds and certificates, all oil or petroleum related, Motor Petrol Association Ltd., 1914, Eastern Petroleum and Finance Co. Ltd., 1921, Oil Trust Ltd., 1920, Premier Globe Ltd., 1931, Oilfields Finance Corporation Ltd., 2 types, both 19
Great Britain, Aircraft Disposal Co. Ltd., registered debenture for £145, dated 1923, ornate border, black on green. The company was formed in 1920 to dispose of surplus aircraft from the R.A.F.. after WW1, the aircraft were stored at Croydon Aerodrome.
Great Britain, Anglo-Persian Oil Co. Ltd., 2 x certificates for second preference shares, different capitals and designs, 1927 & 1932, brown, also Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. Ltd., certificate for first preference stock, 1938, blue, all certificates stamped can
Great Britain, Great Western Railway Co., certificate No. 18316 for one share of £100, dated 1836, ornate heading, green with red seal, very early date for this famous railway co. very fine. (1)
Great Britain, Leeds & Thirsk Railway Co., certificate No.42907 for one new extension share, 1848, printed on linen, ornate design, black with red seal, VF. (1).
Great Britain, Manx Northern Railway Co. Ltd., certificate No.53 for 5% preference shares, 1880, large coat of arms at top, black with embossed seal, VF. (1). Became part of the Isle of Man Railway under the 1904 Isle of Man Railway Act.
Great Britain, Nidderdale Lead Mining Co. Ltd., certificates for two ordinary shares dated 1860 and two preference shares dated 1867, both with vignette of entrance to mine at Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, black on pink, both VF. (2)
Great Britain, Shell International Finance N.V., incorporated in the Netherlands Antilles, specimen bond for $1,000, bonds subject to English law, 1967, vignette of allegorical female with globe, specimen printed by Bradbury Wilkinson, black & red, with
Great Britain, Shell Transport & Trading Co. Ltd., capital £113 million, certificate for ordinary stock, 1956, large vignette of oil well, tanker ship and storage tanks, blue, VF. (1).
Panama, Compagnie Univeraelle du Canal Interoceanique de Panama, 10 x bonds, all Paris 1884, very attractive with vignette at bottom of allegorical figures shaking hands across the canal, green, all with coupons, VF. (10)
Panama, Compagnie Univeraelle du Canal Interoceanique de Panama, 14 x bonds, all Paris 1884, very attractive with vignette at bottom of allegorical figures shaking hands across the canal, green, all with coupons, VF. (14)
Peru, Masonic membership certificate dated Lima 1859, printed on vellum appointing an Englishman Lionel Lambert to an honorary position, very attractive border with a representation of Solomon?s temple and Masonic symbols, AVF. (1). Masonic certificates f
Russia, 15 bonds and certificates, City of Vilna 1931 Conversion Bonds, 2 x bonds for £100, City of Baku 1910 Loan, 10 x bonds for £20, Company for the Manufacture of Russian Mineral Oils and other Chemical Products, bond for £20, cancelled, Soci?t? du Na
Russia, 7 bearer certificates, all oil related, Russian General Oil Corporation Ltd., certificates for 1, 5, 25 and 100 shares, 1912-1913, all with vignette of allegorical female, Emba Caspian Oil Co. Ltd., 1914, Ferghana oil Fields Ltd., 1911, and North
Russia, 7 bonds, Consolidated Loan of 1901, bonds for 500 and 2,500 francs, Gold Loan of 1894, bonds for 125 and 625 roubles, Nicolas Railroad Loan of 1867 bond for £20, City of Baku Loan of 1910, bond for £20, also Chinese Hukuang Railways Loan of 1911,
South Africa, 3 certificates, Republic GoldMining Syndicate Ltd., 1888, made out to Alfred Beit, poor, Sutherland Reed Ltd., 1892, and Aarons Reefs Ltd., 1893, poor-VF. (3).
U.S.A., 22 bonds and certificates, all oil or petroleum related, dated 1919-1978, titles include, Royal Dutch Co. for the Working of Petroleum Wells in Netherlands-India, 1938, Mission Development Co., 2 types, 1953 & 1955, both with facsimile signature o
Collection, 12 bearer certificates, all oil or petroleum related, Central European Oilfields Ltd., 1907, Petroleum Revenues Co. Ltd., 3 x certificates, 2 types, all 1914, Anglo-Belgian Petroleum Co. Ltd., 2 types, both 1918, Galician Oil Trust Ltd., 3 typ
Collection, 44 bonds and certificates, dated 1893-1991, titles include, Societe Miniere Anonyme Ottomane de Karassou, 2 types, both 1910, Shell Transport and Trading PLC., 1991, Westminster Bank Ltd., 1964, East Lancashire Paper Mill Co. Ltd., 1964, Flori
Collection,10 certificates, all oil or petroleum related, Graham Island (BritishColumbia) Oilfields Ltd., 1922, Hungarian National Petroleum Co. Ltd., 2 x certificates, 1920 & 27, British Oilfields of Colombia Ltd., 1926, Newfoundland Oilfields Ltd., 192
Stock Exchange Year Books (4), 1921, 1976-77. Stock Exchange Official Intelligence1932 Vol. L, Register of Defunct and other Companies removed from the Stock Exchange Official Year Book 1962. Spine damaged to 1932 book otherwise generally sound condition
Bank of England accumulation (13) face value £85 includes Gill £5 (8) B357 with a few A01 prefixes GVF to aUNC, £20 Gill B358 prefix A20 UNC plus others
Bank of England accumulation (15) face value £42-50p includes mauve 10-, Britannia and various other £5's, all different types, a few lower grades but many EF to UNC
Bank of England accumulation (16) includes Britannia £5, Page £1 1st type, Beale £1 replacement S55S, mauve 10/- (2) Z07E & L88D, blue £1 E06E, also a recent copy of T15 10/- Dardanelles ovpt, average VF or better
Bank of England accumulation (55) face value £149, a good mixed range from 1940's Peppiatt £1's and 10/- to Page £20 and Gill £10s and £20 prefix A01, a few 1st runs notes, many in high grades, viewing recommended
Bank of England accumulation (62) face value £225.50, a good range from pre-war Peppiatt £1, WW2 issue 10/- and blue £1s to modern includes £50 Somerset & £50 Gill, portrait £1's (26) with some replacements, various 10/-s and £5s, mixed grade, viewing rec
Bank of England and British Isle accumulation (34) face value £46 includes Hollom, Fforde & Page £5, various £1, also better Scotland, Jersey, Isle of Man plus a few world, viewing recommended
Bank of England group (17) better types includes Britannia £5 prefix H02, Fforde £5 72A and £10 (2) prefix A75 & A82, various better grade £1s from Peppiatt unthreaded L16A, blue WW2 (2) to O'Brien, Britannia 10/- (6) pre-war Peppiatt to O'Brien, mostly
Bank of England group (5) mauve 10/- prefix L87D, Lion & Key £10 Page prefix CO3, Fforde £5 52D, blue £1 T48H faded & portrait Page £1 HN34, average GVF or better
Error £20 GillB355, reverse is offset to right with a thin colour streak diagonally down centre, comes with a second normal consecutive note slightly stained on wmk area, both notes GEF
Error £20 LowtherB386 prefix BD79 with large impressive "fishtail" of extra paper top right corner with print markings, 2 small pinholes otherwise about UNC
Error group (5) B341Somerset £1 prefix CW69 (2) consecutive pair both with a dropped digit, B341 Somerset £1 prefix DS01 (2) both with a white print splash top left, O'BrienB273 prefix M30K with a faintly printed serial number and another M30K to show c
One poundPeppiatt (3) prefixes L31A & L35A unthreaded B239 last series and B260 prefix S60A also mauve 10/- (2) B251 prefixes N53D & Y26E, average VF to EF
One pounds (40) a mixed group ranging from Britannia style Beale and O'Brien to Page and SomersetNewton style plus 10/- Fforde, earlier mixed grade but later issues mostly high grade GEF to UNC
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